{"id":11320,"date":"2011-01-24T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=11320"},"modified":"2016-12-15T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T19:47:56","slug":"united-and-continental-begin-frequent-flyer-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/united-and-continental-begin-frequent-flyer-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"United and Continental begin frequent flyer merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11767\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11767\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11767\" title=\"Continental_Elite_Access_Larry_Johnson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Continental_Elite_Access_Larry_Johnson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Continental_Elite_Access_Larry_Johnson.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Continental_Elite_Access_Larry_Johnson-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Larry Johnson.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first details of the merger of <strong>United&#8217;s Mileage Plus<\/strong> and <strong>Continental&#8217;s OnePass<\/strong> have been released. A new, combined program will begin in January, 2012, with combined frequent flyer activity on the two airlines during 2011 contributing to a 2012 elite status.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Continental&#8217;s Presidential Platinum Elite level disappears after 2011, replaced by United Global Services. And all 2011 Elite status on Continental will end on January 31, 2012, rather than the usual February 28 annual expiration. On a granular level: For 2011,\u00a0<a title=\"United\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=united-airlines-flight-deals&amp;cnt=OVI&amp;type=fl1_ft\" target=\"_self\">United <\/a>and <a title=\"Continental\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=continental-airlines-flight-deals&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Continental<\/a> will operate four tiers of elite via mileage accrual (25,000; 50,000; 75,000; 100,000) or via segments (30, 60, 90, 120).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Hotels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/\" target=\"_self\">Hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Flights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_self\">Flights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rental cars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/DisplayCarSearch\" target=\"_self\">Rental cars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Business Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Business travel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <\/em><a title=\"JoeSentMe.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>JoeSentMe.com<\/em><\/a><em>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. 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